Algeria - Location, size, and extent

Situated in northwestern Africa along the Mediterranean Sea, Algeria is
the second-largest country on the continent. Comparatively, it is
slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas, with a total area of
2,381,740 sq km (919,595 sq mi). Extending about 2,400 km (1,500 mi)
E
–
W
and 2,100 km (1,300 mi)
N
–
S
, Algeria is bounded on the
N
by the Mediterranean Sea, on the
E
by Tunisia and Libya, on the
SE
by Niger, on the
SW
by Mali, on the
W
by Mauritania, and on the
W
and
NW
by the Western Sahara and Morocco; the total boundary length is 6,343
km (3,933 mi). Land boundary and claims disputes with Libya were
unresolved as of late 2002.

Algeria's capital city, Algiers, is located on the northern
boundary of the country on the Mediterranean Sea.